At 02:53 p.m. 15/05/2003, Sotiris Sotiropoulos wrote:
It all started with the TM lobby and WIPO. But the WHOIS issues are now broadening into general law enforcement and therefore with much more different consequences in different jurisdictions.Joop Teernstra wrote:At 05:58 a.m. 15/05/2003, you wrote:
DNS "issues" become issues, because companies see opportunities or ICANN proposes regulation for them. Today it is WHOIS accuracy, delete policy and WLS among others. UDRP is already yesterday's battle.
UDRP is the foundation on which much of their entire house of cards is built. UDRP is largely why there's a fuss over WHOIS accuracy.
UDRP ought not to be thought of as a de facto accomplishment, granting that is not an option IMHO. ICANN must not be allowed to continue create internationally "binding" trademark/copyright regulations based on conract agreements with commercial operators.I do not deserve that dig, Sotiris. I am not a practicing lawyer and have never been.
IDN.IDN still has to start.
What about UDRP and IDN? Can you imagine what chaos will ensue when the UDRP is applied to international character strings?! Good reapings for the lawyers though... perhaps that prospect pleases you?
The legal definition is the subject of a struggle that is mainly fought in US courts.The issues of today may be mild compared with the DNS issues of tomorrow. (legislation against alt roots, internet-death, "what is spam" and more on the horizon)
Let us not forget to define "what is a domain name".
Protections like the protections that owners of property normally enjoy as of right. Protections against arbitrary seizure, inadvertent deletes, bullying cease and desist letters, hijacking, fee increases, etc.What I would like to see is an ICANN-recognized Bill of Rights for Domain Name Owners that enumerates a number of protections that should be incorporated in the registrar contracts.
Protections pertaining to what, or from what, exactly?